Grip for wire-stretchers.



R. J. TALBOT.

GRIP FOR WIRE QTRETOHEES.

APPLIQATION FILED 001:.22, 1910.

1,020,728. Patented Mar. 19,1912.

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ROLLIE JAMES TALBOT, OF WHITECLAY, NEBRASKA.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 19, 1912.

Application filed October 22, 1910. Serial No. 588,567.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROLLIE J. TALBOT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Whiteclay, in the county of Sheridan and State of Nebraska, have invented a new and useful Grip for Wire-Stretchers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,

such as'will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to a grip used in stretching wire.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide an exceedingly strong, eflicient and inexpensive device of this character adapted to be readily applied to wire stretchers and having means for readily clamping or grip ping a wire for stretching the same.

With these and other objects in view, as will'hereinafter. appear, the invention con 'sists in the .novel construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter-described, shown and claimed. i

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the invention gripping a wire. Fig. 2 is a side elevation. Fig. 3 is a secvtional view taken on line 3--3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a side elevation partly in section.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates an approximately cone-shaped member, the reduced portion 2 of which terminates in a hook 3. The cone-shaped member 1 is designed to engage a ring or locking member 4. In operation, the wire to be stretched is l placed longitudinally of the cone-shaped.

member 1 within the ring Land the locking member or ring 4 is then moved toward'the large end until the wire is clamped between the member 1 and the ring 4, as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The locking member or ring 4 is rectangular in cross section, as shown in the drawings, so that one of its corners may cut into the wire in order to prevent the wire from slipping. The member 1 is then connected with a chain 5 which engages the hook 3 and the chain is tightened by a wire stretcher of any suitable type,

which draws the wire 6. The ring or lock ing'member 4 is provided with a slot 7 which enables the wire to be readily inserted therein. 1

It will be seen that my grip for wire stretcher-s is simple, inexpensive and durable and that the same is capableof gripping wire of various sizes.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is A grip for a wire comprising a gradually tapering cone-body member terminating at its smaller end into an integral eye hook, in combination with a split steel rigid ring rectangular in cross section adapted to telescope over the body member for gripping the wire against the approximately larger portion of the body member, the ring having one of its annular corners biting into the wire to prevent the wire from slipping, as

and for the purpose specified. 

